It Happened to Me

My Presentation at CUSEC 2009: “Squeezeboxes, Start-Ups and Selling Out: A Tech Evangelist’s Story”

Microsoft was a sponsor of CUSEC last year – that’s Canadian University Software Engineering Conference, the premier conference on building…

17 years ago

Marvellous Edibles’ Last Night

Marvellous Edibles, one of my favourite restaurants in Accordion City, is open tonight for one last time. Owners Jens (who’s…

17 years ago

The Birthday Accordion Jam at Caplansky’s

The Accordion Jam With all the travelling I’d been doing in the fall, my birthday party back on November 7th…

17 years ago

“Accordion Guy” and “Global Nerdy” Stats for 2009

“You can’t improve what you don’t measure” is a maxim for many fields. Engineers, businesspeople and athletes may all have…

17 years ago

My Best Christmas Story

Whenever I’m asked “What’s your best Christmas story?” I always tell this one. I posted it on this blog back…

17 years ago

The “Keyboard Cat Song” on Accordion

For no reason other than kicks, here’s a video shot earlier this summer – me playing the “Keyboard Cat song”…

17 years ago

Scenes from TechDays Winnipeg

It’s hard to believe, but the seven-city cross-Canada tour known as TechDays 2009 is over. We had the last one…

17 years ago

“Born to Be Wild”: Jammin’ with the Band at The Lower Deck, Halifax

No visit to Halifax is complete without a stop to the Lower Deck pub for a pint (or five), and…

17 years ago

Working in the Kitchen

Microsoft Ottawa’s Kitchen. It has a decent view. Every Microsoft office has a “touchdown area”, a place filled with cubicles…

17 years ago

Next Stop: Winnipeg!

At long last, we come to the last city in TechDays’ seven-city conference tour: Winnipeg! The combination of venue availability…

17 years ago